Tears For Fears
Men like me don’t cry: we aren’t supposed to cry. But we do. I do. I have, and I will. Four times in the last week I have been moved [...]
Surely, we can do better than this, right?
Wired-up to a portable ECG monitor whilst I type, I feel like a hybrid human-cyborg. Doubtless this state-of-the art gizmo is cleverly reading all the electrical signals going to my [...]
A New Vocation
This chronic illness lark is like having a new job. So many appointments to attend. So many biological readings to document. So much research to undertake: a never-ending, insurmountable amount [...]
Get Well Soon?
Chronic conditions are the hardest to treat - as the prophetical Seth Godin just blogged here – simply because we don’t pay them sufficient energy. This is not just true [...]
Diagnosis: Dysautonomia
(This is written primarily for my kids, and for me) Dysautonomia is my diagnosis. I hadn’t heard of it, either. Essentially, it’s a syndrome – a collection of symptoms with [...]
